Persoon, C.H. (1805), Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum 1: 118 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Port Jackson, N.S.W., 1794, J.White.

Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1819), The Botanical Cabinet 4: t. 327 [secondary reference]

common name: Hairy Persoonia [n/a]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 67 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 579 [basionym]

basionym of: Linkia hirsuta (Pers.) Kuntze legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 183 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 181 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 486-487 (map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Persoonia arida Sieber ex Schult. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Persoonia hirsuta var. spathulata Meisn. legitimate

• Etymology: "From Latin, hirsutus, hirsute, a botanical term meaning bearing coarse, rough, longish hairs. All parts of the shrub are usually clothed in such hairs."

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 15-16 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1 March 1991), Taxonomic changes in Persoonia (Proteaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 4(2): 289 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16: 90 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Linkia hirsuta (Pers.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia arida Sieber ex Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia hirsuta var. subovalis Endl. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 16 [secondary reference]

CHAH (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Linkia hirsuta (Pers.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia arida Sieber ex Schult. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Persoonia arida Sieber ex Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia hirsuta var. subovalis Endl. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Persoonia hirsuta var. linearis Meisn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia hirsuta var. subovalis Meisn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia aspera Benth. nom. inval., pro syn. doubtful taxonomic synonym: Persoonia hirsuta var. linearis Endl. nom. inval., nom. nud. doubtful taxonomic synonym: Persoonia hirsuta var. spathulata Meisn. legitimate

• APC Comment: Persoonia hirsuta [var.] linearis Meisn. and [var.] spathulata Meisn. were not accounted for in Flora of Australia 16 (1995). Note that Endlicher's varieties were nomina nuda, but were validated by Meisner when he provided descriptions.
• APC Dist.: NSW

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2005), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Persoonia hirsuta subsp. B [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Persoonia hirsuta subsp. A [n/a]

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